," this appears to be a niche independent adult visual novel or interactive game released in 2024. However, detailed mainstream critical coverage is not available as it is likely hosted on specialized platforms such as or Patreon. Common features of this specific sub-genre include: Relationship Management

As a hypothetical 2024 text, “Can’t Be Bothered: A Free-Use Friendship” belongs to a small genre sometimes called or “post-connection fiction.” Think of writers like Patricia Lockwood, Tao Lin, or even early Miranda July—works that celebrate emotional flatness not as pathology but as strategy.

If it were a book, it would be a novella under 150 pages, with wide margins, published by a small press like Tyrant Books or Dorothy Project. Its cover might show two people sitting back-to-back on a unmade bed, both on their phones, not touching—but content.

From 2024 online diaries and Reddit threads on r/freeusefriendship (now banned? No—quarantined):